Best Teen Poems
Below are the all-time best Teen poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of teen poems written by PoetrySoup members
A Girl Named Sue - POTWPOTW 1 Oct 2018
Gossip about her
swept the school yard through
“Hey if you’ve got what it takes
There’s this girl named Sue
For a pack of smokes
or...
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Categories:
angst, fantasy, teen love,
Form:
Rhyme
Bloody WristsI'm sitting on the floor
I'm crying so much more
trying to erase this pain
trying to forget your face
sitting here with the blade in my hand
running so...
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Categories:
teen, abuse, boyfriend, bullying, depression,
Form:
I do not know?
Bookish Menagerie: A Time Traveler's LibraryToddlers' Exploration:
Cardboard drum, a thunderous beast,
Playful roars in tiny fists and feasts.
Fleeting wings glide, dreams just out of reach,
Soaring through tales of barnyard Waddles...
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Categories:
teen, adventure, books, childhood, imagination,
Form:
Narrative
This GirlThis girl, she's crying inside,
But all everyone sees is smiles,
This girl, she's hurting inside,
She's lived like this for quite a while,
Always holding her pain inside,...
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Categories:
life, people, sympathy, teen,
Form:
Free verse
Hate
Do you hear my silent cries?
Or do you set me to the side?
For in my mind the black bird flies,
In the Darkness of my...
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Categories:
depression, teen,
Form:
Rhyme
Letting GoTheir lives begin, that special day
Your hardest job, is on the way.
Walking and pacing, all night long
Knowing that one day, they’ll be strong.
Watching them crawl,...
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Categories:
family, life, teen, timeparents,
Form:
Rhyme
Sweetest Love NoteOne night a guy & a girl were
driving home from the movies. The
boy sensed there was
something wrong because of the painful
silence they shared between them
that...
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Categories:
teen, black african american, death,
Form:
Narrative
Stardust In DreamsStardust dreams of you in my teens remain
sacred in hours spent wishing you would be
mine to cherish, to kiss, to love. It was...
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Categories:
feelings, longing, love, teen
Form:
Free verse
Read This PleaseThey hate you because your you
They make up lies and call it true
They're fake behind your back
Hoping someday that you'll crack.
They hate you because your...
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Categories:
teen, betrayal, care, career, change,
Form:
Bio
Granny Panty Annie, the TrannyLemme tell ya' about a
*ding-bat skit-zo
bee-hotch* tranny
named Annie...
I met her one night
under disco lights
up at Candies
She was
starin' at me
grittin' her teeth
aimin'...
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Categories:
teen, adventure, black african american,
Form:
Narrative
The Best MistakeYou made the mistake and now,
your afraid to face this day.
Your thoughts are racing through
and through.
You wonder if your family looks at
you as...
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Categories:
teen, caregiving, confusion, faith, family,
Form:
Rhyme
From a Hospital BedFROM A HOSPITAL BED
Wordancer
Even if I’m dizzy with an aching head,
I must not disturb the others in the beds
In this hospital ward where not...
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Categories:
teen, childhood, depression, family, children,
Form:
Rhyme
Since First I Saw YouSince first I saw you, it was your eyes,
mesmerizing, your gaze transporting
me to a realm, not of fantasy, real,
where young men go when cupid’s
arrow takes...
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Categories:
teen, beautiful, beauty, brother, daughter,
Form:
Free verse
Daddy PleaseDaddy will you hold me and
Tell me I’ll be okay?
Will you whisper in my ear
All the things you used to say
Will you squeeze me tight,
And...
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Categories:
teen, angst, childhood, faith, father,
Form:
Rhyme
ShynessI'm young with no identity,
A faceless boy, alone and shy.
To classmates, a nonentity;
My parents fret and wonder why.
I'm part of the unnoticed pack.
I step aside...
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Categories:
teen, 12th grade, bullying, hurt,
Form:
Rhyme